Hello Stampers,

This month the Totally Techniques Design Team was challenged to use the Bouncing Brayer Technique.  I must confess that I have never tried this technique before and, honestly, had no idea what it was or how to do it.  That's what makes a challenge fun - it me pushes to learn new stamping techniques.  This technique was so easy and lots of fun!

I chose three colours for the first card - So Saffron, Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry.  Here's how you do the technique:

• Ink up your brayer with the lightest colour (So Saffron) - remember to roll "through" your pad so you get complete ink coverage
• "Bounce" your brayer across the paper - basically I just touched the brayer to the paper and then kept moving it around the paper - since I wanted a sunburst look I found the center of the paper and used that as my focus point
• Clean and ink with Daffodil Delight and add it beside the first set of "lines" and repeat with Crushed Curry
• Ink up your brayer again with the So Saffron and fill in any white space

Then I cut out the shape of the sun with the Sunburst Thinlits Die.  The words are from the Sunburst Sayings Stamp Set (bundle up the stamps and die and save 15%).  I backed the sunburst with Wildflower Fields Designer Series Paper and added some Rhinestones for some sparkle!

I thought I would also try it with different colours and used Pool Party, Soft Sky and Crumb Cake on my next cards.  I did roll off some colour before applying it to the cardstock as I found the colours were too bold for the effect I was trying to achieve.

I love the Wetlands Stamp Set and thought the sandpipers would be perfect for this beach scene.  I just added "bands" of colour with my brayer and the inks.

Hopefully you can see them better in this close up picture. 

I hope you'll try and make one of these cards yourself - such an easy way to create an interesting background!

Here's the listing for this month's blog hop in case you got lost along the way....

Alison Solven - that's me and you are on my blog!

Sandi MacIver
Patrice Halliday-Larsen
Amy Koenders
Lee Conrey
Shelagh Freemantle
Erna Logtenberg
Heather Wright-Porto
Shannean Moncrieff
Nadine Weiner

Click the graphic and hop on over to Sandi MacIver's blog for some awesome inspiration!

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